Check-in and Load-in Times

Artists can set up either Friday evening or Saturday morning per the schedule below.
Friday, September 24

• 6:30PM – 7:15PM: Odd Numbered Booths/ Booths on the south side of the street
• 7:45PM – 8:30PM: Even Numbered Booths/ Booths on the north side of the street

Check in will close at 8:30pm on Friday. Set up may continue through the evening. Artists who want to come after check-in closes must call our festival phone (847-238-2242) to notify us during check-in hours.

Saturday, September 25
6am-8am: All Artists. Check in will close at 8am. Set-up must be completed by 9:30am

Artist Booth Numbers

click here for aRTIST BOOTH NUMBERs – coming soon! 

We made every attempt to fill special requests. Booth numbers are subject to change. We will notify you of any changes.

Check-In Location

Check-in will be on Granville and Kenmore in Chicago, Illinois.  The approximate address to use in your GPS is 1039 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660. Please park outside of the festival grounds and walk to the check in office before bringing your vehicle onto the festival grounds. Follow the yellow Artist Check In signs and look for our lime green Amdur Productions’ shirts!

Load-In Instructions

Every artist will:

• Park OUTSIDE of the festival footprint.
• Check-in and get credentials.
• Drive in slowly with your windows down and your hazards on.
• Pull up next to their booth space.
• Unload all of their items to their space.
• Park their vehicle.
• Come back to their space and set-up their booth.

**Please do not set up your booth until your car is parked in the Artist Parking**

Click here for the FESTIVAL MAP – coming soon!

Parking

Parking info coming soon.

Sales Tax Form & Info

Artists selling their work at an art festival in Illinois must collect, report and remit taxes to the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR). Here’s all the information about remitting taxes to the Illinois Department of Revenue: https://tax.illinois.gov/individuals/fairs.html.

The “Form IDOR-6-SETR, Special Event Tax Collection Report and Payment Coupon” is below.
If you have any questions, please reach out to them directly at rev.specialevents@illinois.gov or call  (847) 294-4475.

2027 FESTIVAL TAX FORM – coming soon!

Storage

Back storage must be tidy and will be behind or to the side of your booth, where space is available. Please do not block store fronts. 

Tent Weights

Every tent will need to have AT LEAST 60 pounds per tent leg and strong straps or rope to attach the weights to the tent. No cinder blocks or water jugs allowed as weights. Weight inspections will occur before the festival opens and throughout the festival to keep everyone safe. Any artist who does not comply with these rules will be required to fix the problem before the festival opens.

Corner and Double Space Requirements

An artist with a corner must either have the corner wall open or use the outside wall to display art. Double spaces must be occupied by two 10×10 tents OR one 10×20 tent, unless pre-approved by the festival committee.

Awnings

Awnings are allowed in all booth locations. 

Art Festival Gift Cards

To stimulate art buying at the festival, Amdur Productions sells and gives away $25 gift cards to attendees!  Please honor the $25 gift card as payment. Patrons must use each $25 gift card in whole and not in part (no change is given). Then fill out your name on the gift card and bring it to an Amdur Productions’ staff member. We will reimburse you the amount with cash right at the festival! 

Bring A Water Bottle!

In an initiative to be eco-friendly and reduce our carbon footprint, instead of plastic water bottles, we will have a water refill station in our festival office.

ProPanel Renters

Artists renting our propanels are responsible for their own hanging equipment. Here’s a great resource for ways to hang your artwork: https://www.propanels.com/product-category/hanging-systems/

Are You Demonstrating On Site?

Let us know so we can talk about it in our PR and community outreach!

Purple Ribbon Project

Join Amdur Productions in supporting WINGS Program, Inc., an organization dedicated to ending domestic violence through housing, advocacy, and education. Artists can pick up a purple ribbon at check-in and place it on select pieces in their booth. If the marked piece sells, the artist donates a portion of the sale to WINGS. Donations can be made at wingsprogram.com/donate—please write “Amdur Productions” when asked how you heard about WINGS. Thank you for participating!

Promote, Promote, Promote!

Use the following hashtags when you post: #EdgewaterArtsFestival #AmdurProductions

Type these into your post to tag us and the event: @Amdur Productions @Edgewater Arts Festival

click here for the SHOW LOGO FOR ARTISTS

click here for the fESTIVAL PROMO GRAPHIC – COMING SOON!

Follow Us on Facebook and Instagram

Make sure you’re following Amdur on social media! Tag us in all your promotional materials leading up to the festival so we can repost them to our community of festival-goers! You can also share our content for the art festivals to make it easy. Access our social accounts here: https://linktr.ee/amdurproductionssocial

Questions? 

Before the festival, call our office at 847-926-4300. If you are calling on the day of load-in, call the festival phone at 847-238-2242.